Given all the contortions that politicians have to make just to get through the day, it wouldn't surprise me that Obama truly believes what he said back in 2007, but once he got into power he got an education on what the CIA/NSA is doing and he realized that either he can try to live up to these values and likely cause wildly unpredictable outcomes (some positive, some negative), or he can let it continue, given there were enough plausibly compelling reasons, despite the potential for abuse. thus - status quo reigns. truly change we can believe in, and a good example of how power corrupts. the military-industrial complex has a life of its own. thank you eisenhower.